Stijn!!

[Porsche-poor]

Mourning all. Back home. Beach was to cold for me to wade in. For a few days it barely got over 60 out. Fun was had by all.

[GH85Carrera]

Glad ya had some fun.

[HHI944]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Yesterday was different. We had 3.95 inches of rain here. At the airport where the official weather is kept, the had 6.58 inches of rain.

Oklahoma City has a suburb named Moore, and it's suburb further south is Norman, and south of there is Noble. They had 12 inches of rain and some flooding.

I’ve had ~18” of standing water in my back yard at least half a dozen times this summer. Just a crappy combination of a really wet summer, 100 year old stormwater management system, and massive overdevelopment in downtown.

[HHI944]

And, I finished school. This summer was my final semester. I won’t be official and get that fancy piece of paper for a few months.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by HHI944

And, I finished school. This summer was my final semester. I won’t be official and get that fancy piece of paper for a few months.

So yer finally all educated! Congratulations.

So what are you going to do for a living with that diploma?

[Porsche-poor]

Morning all. I think I caught up with all the home from vacation chores.

[GH85Carrera]

Not really, I take a nap most every day.

[Porsche-poor]

Me to! Best way not to go nuts or get arrested......

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by HHI944

And, I finished school. This summer was my final semester. I won’t be official and get that fancy piece of paper for a few months.

So what are your next steps?

[HHI944]

Originally Posted by flipper35

So what are your next steps?

I’m taking a little down time right now.

Grad school looks like an option. I applied to GWU for mid year admission and I’ll probably apply to Georgetown. Their foreign service/international affairs programs are pretty equivalent. (Georgetown is technically the better program, but I could conceivably start GWU in the spring.)

Gearing up for the job hunt thing as well. This is an entirely new experience for me. Prefer to find a Fed job, but open to going basically anywhere that’s looking for a Middle East political analyst.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by HHI944

I’m taking a little down time right now.

Grad school looks like an option. I applied to GWU for mid year admission and I’ll probably apply to Georgetown. Their foreign service/international affairs programs are pretty equivalent. (Georgetown is technically the better program, but I could conceivably start GWU in the spring.)

Gearing up for the job hunt thing as well. This is an entirely new experience for me. Prefer to find a Fed job, but open to going basically anywhere that’s looking for a Middle East political analyst.

So State Department or CIA? The next Jack Ryan?

[Porsche-poor]

Morning all. At least HHI's prospects are looking up! Just try and keep your head down.

[HHI944]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

So State Department or CIA? The next Jack Ryan?

I took the FSOT, and did reasonably well, in the last cycle, but didn't get selected for the panel interviews. I'll do the FSOT at least one more time.

Basically every big agencies, and a ton of the small ones, have area specific analysts.

[GH85Carrera]

Phew, the yard is edged and mowed once again. Golly what fun. The weather was nice, when I finished up at 11:00, it had just reached 80 degrees. Nice breeze and partly cloudy. Almost perfect mowing weather.

[HHI944]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Phew, the yard is edged and mowed once again. Golly what fun. The weather was nice, when I finished up at 11:00, it had just reached 80 degrees. Nice breeze and partly cloudy. Almost perfect mowing weather.

I need to mow, but my yard is currently under 6-8" of water. The flooding has been absolutely insane this year.

[Porsche-poor]

Morning/afternoon all. Just cut off some limbs from the tree out front. If it kills it so be it.

[GH85Carrera]

As I was mowing, a cicada attacked me. Well, OK, it bumped into my arm and fell to the ground. The cicada, not my arm!

Reuben the hunter dog was laying in the sun of the east side of the house. I called to him and pointed at the cicada on the ground. He gobbled it up like a fantastic treat. He saved me from the mean cicada. Of course, cicadas are totally harmless and can't bite or sting. But it attacked me! I suspect it was in it's death throws.

[Porsche-poor]

I wonder if you were disturbing its nap.

[GH85Carrera]

It has been a tough day! This morning when I went into the guest bathroom, there was a scorpion trapped in the bathtub. I put on my leather gloves, and grabbed a piece of toilet paper, and gave it a free ride to the sewage treatment plant. I can only guess it came from the attic through the pot light over the tub-shower area.

Then I had to mow and edge the yard, and fight off a killer cicada. Fortunately, Reuben was available to rescue me. Then the mean boss's wife demanded I clean the pond filters once again.

And for dinner I was forced to fire up the grill and cook dinner! A couple of prime steaks. Damn that was good meat. I did have to turn on the patio ceiling fans as it was a bit toasty outside.

I did get my nap this afternoon before the steaks so not all was lost.

[Porsche-poor]

Sounds like a great day all except the stingy type bug on the tub!